velociraptor jones
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end ai
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i love myself and where i live
sequel to my 2009 twitter account
end ai
new yorker
i love myself and where i live
sequel to my 2009 twitter account
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Egyptian Religious Calendar - 7 January 2026
It is the 19th day of “the Month of the Swelling of the Emmer” (𓈙𓆑 𓇣𓏏), the fifth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar.
Egyptian Religious Calendar - 7 January 2026
It is the 19th day of “the Month of the Swelling of the Emmer” (𓈙𓆑 𓇣𓏏), the fifth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar.
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Egyptian Religious Calendar - 7 January 2026
It is the 19th day of “the Month of the Swelling of the Emmer” (𓈙𓆑 𓇣𓏏), the fifth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar.
Egyptian Religious Calendar - 7 January 2026
It is the 19th day of “the Month of the Swelling of the Emmer” (𓈙𓆑 𓇣𓏏), the fifth month of the Egyptian Lunar Calendar.
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All the books and music in Star Trek is old, pre-WWIII stuff. Probably because after about 2025, pop culture turned into a morass of unintelligible AI sludge.
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM
All the books and music in Star Trek is old, pre-WWIII stuff. Probably because after about 2025, pop culture turned into a morass of unintelligible AI sludge.
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As Wittgenstein pointed out this kind of argument can't distinguish between "people experience different emotions" and "people describe the exact same emotions in different ways." Philosophically bankrupt theory
A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As Wittgenstein pointed out this kind of argument can't distinguish between "people experience different emotions" and "people describe the exact same emotions in different ways." Philosophically bankrupt theory
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These are the people who will tell you they can reform the concentration camps and train up the kidnappers.
December 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
These are the people who will tell you they can reform the concentration camps and train up the kidnappers.
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90s 3D art. Hyatt Hong Kong by Teresa Williams (1993). I got this render from a CD-ROM included in a 3D rendering book that I bought from Borders.
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
90s 3D art. Hyatt Hong Kong by Teresa Williams (1993). I got this render from a CD-ROM included in a 3D rendering book that I bought from Borders.
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It sucks so much that Philip K Dick could literally see the future.
The argument is that the drones are supposed to respond to lower priority calls, freeing up officers for higher priority ones. The article doesn't make it clear what the drone is going to do about, e.g. loud music next door or minor disputes.
“Dallas’ police chief has said the city may take part in a ‘drone first responder’ program, as it looks for ways to cut emergency response times.”
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It sucks so much that Philip K Dick could literally see the future.
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Heh heh excuse me poor people but let me stop you right there. Like 100 guys have 30 trillion dollars and everyone else is only a few thousand in debt or just scraping by, so the average person is actually rich. 😏
Oh God, he's still doing this. Acting like people don't have debt.
December 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Heh heh excuse me poor people but let me stop you right there. Like 100 guys have 30 trillion dollars and everyone else is only a few thousand in debt or just scraping by, so the average person is actually rich. 😏
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You know, Bob Hoskins might be one of my top top favorite actors.
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
You know, Bob Hoskins might be one of my top top favorite actors.
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On this shortest day of the year, let's all admire an iconic diorama depicting a scene from a place of eternal night . . .
December 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
On this shortest day of the year, let's all admire an iconic diorama depicting a scene from a place of eternal night . . .
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so insanely fucking real for this
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
so insanely fucking real for this
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she’s not so much a cartoon villain as a fairy tale villain
these mfers love talking about God while radiating evil like an unshielded reactor core
December 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
she’s not so much a cartoon villain as a fairy tale villain
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I don't have one anymore so I guess:
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I don't have one anymore so I guess:
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Cover by Maxfield Parrish for SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE, April, 1899.
December 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Cover by Maxfield Parrish for SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE, April, 1899.
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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amagon, magazine screenshot & caption, game player's magazine (1989) archive.org/details/game...
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
amagon, magazine screenshot & caption, game player's magazine (1989) archive.org/details/game...
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The children who get measles because their parents are selfish idiots do not deserve this. This is why mandating vaccines is important.
When your child asks why they are suffering, why they have gone deaf, blind or died because you let them get the measles---I hope you know it is your fault.
When your child asks why they are suffering, why they have gone deaf, blind or died because you let them get the measles---I hope you know it is your fault.
Latest on South Carolina measles outbreak: "Of the 111 measles cases recorded in that area...105 involved people who were unvaccinated while three involved those who were partially vaccinated...At least 254 people had been placed in quarantine as of Tuesday"
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The children who get measles because their parents are selfish idiots do not deserve this. This is why mandating vaccines is important.
When your child asks why they are suffering, why they have gone deaf, blind or died because you let them get the measles---I hope you know it is your fault.
When your child asks why they are suffering, why they have gone deaf, blind or died because you let them get the measles---I hope you know it is your fault.
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sweetgrass basket by 5th generation gullah sweetgrass weaver corey alston www.instagram.com/p/DR4cD1KDpe...
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
sweetgrass basket by 5th generation gullah sweetgrass weaver corey alston www.instagram.com/p/DR4cD1KDpe...
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Painting by Clayton Anderson published in OMNI, vol. 11, no. 3 (December 1988), alongside the article, “Transcending Science,” by Dennis Stacy. Includes the painted inscription: “In the Silent Heart of Mystery, a Sky of Perfect Joy.”
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Painting by Clayton Anderson published in OMNI, vol. 11, no. 3 (December 1988), alongside the article, “Transcending Science,” by Dennis Stacy. Includes the painted inscription: “In the Silent Heart of Mystery, a Sky of Perfect Joy.”
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this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
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Several times in my life, I mocked someone in my insensitive youth for some affliction, only to later suffer from the same affliction myself. The lesson I have taken away from this is that I should start mocking people for having enviably pleasant lives.
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Several times in my life, I mocked someone in my insensitive youth for some affliction, only to later suffer from the same affliction myself. The lesson I have taken away from this is that I should start mocking people for having enviably pleasant lives.